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Appointments: Econ, Syria, NEA

US Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein is expected to be tapped as PDAS in the NEA bureau, US Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin is expected to be nominated Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, and more.
U.S. ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson attends a meeting between Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, July 15, 2013. Burns, the first senior U.S. official to visit Egypt since the army toppled its elected president meets officials on Monday to urge them to swiftly restore democracy, while thousands of supporters of the ousted Islamist leader take to the streets. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh  (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS

Who will oversee US Syria diplomacy, if Robert Ford, as we first reported, is tapped to succeed Anne Patterson as US Ambassador to Cairo?

US officials told us, as far as they know, the decision on that has not yet been finalized. Ford, in any case, "will do Syria for a few more months," as he prepares to go to Egypt, one official, speaking not for attribution, said Tuesday.

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